Huberia brounii
| Huberia brounii | |
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| Huberia brounii worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Huberia |
| Species: | H. brounii
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| Binomial name | |
| Huberia brounii Forel, 1895
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Huberia brounii is a species of ant in the genus Huberia, endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Taxonomy[edit]
Huberia brounii was described in 1895 by Auguste Forel from a single queen collected in Rotorua.[2]
Etymology[edit]
The species name "brounii" refers to Thomas Broun who collected the holotype.[2]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
Huberia brounii is endemic to New Zealand. The species is widespread throughout both the North Island and the South Island in native forests. Like Huberia striata, it likely has a preference for Nothofagus dominated forests.[3]
See also[edit]
- Huberia striata, the single other species of the genus
References[edit]
- ^ Brown, W. L. Jr. (1958). "A review of the ants of New Zealand". Acta Hymenopterologica. 1 (1): 1–50.
- ^ a b Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique. Vol. 39. Bruxelles: Société entomologique de Belgique. 1895.
- ^ Don, Warwick (2007). Ants of New Zealand. Dunedin, N.Z.: University of Otago Press in association with the Otago Museum. ISBN 978-1-877372-47-6. OCLC 166384217.
External links[edit]
Media related to Huberia brounii at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Huberia brounii at Wikispecies
